                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PETITION FOR ESTABLISHMENT; WHAT TO SET FORTH (§ 10.1-615)

A. Any twenty-five owners of land lying within the limits of a proposed
watershed improvement district, or a majority of such owners if there are fewer
than fifty, may file a petition with the directors of the soil and water
conservation district or districts in which the proposed watershed improvement
district is situated asking that a watershed improvement district be organized
to function in the territory described in the petition. The petition shall set
forth:

   1. The proposed name of the watershed improvement district;

   2. That there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety, and
   welfare, for a watershed improvement district to function in the territory
   described in the petition;

   3. A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a watershed
   improvement district, which description shall be deemed sufficient if
   generally accurate;

   4. That the territory described in the petition is contiguous and is the same
   watershed, or is two or more contiguous watersheds;

   5. A request that the territory described in the petition be organized as a
   watershed improvement district;

   6. The method for financing the proposed district, whether by means of a tax
   on all real estate in the proposed district or a service charge on the
   increase in the fair market value of all real estate in the proposed district
   caused by the district&#8217;s project.

B. Land lying within the limits of one watershed improvement district shall not
be included in another watershed improvement district.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 668, § 21-112.2; 1964, c. 512; 1970, c. 480; 1977, c. 40;
1981, c. 156; 1988, c. 891.